Blue Compass RV
Job Description
Senior Accountant
Department: Corporate Accounting (HQ)
Reports To: Chief Accounting Officer (with regular exposure to the Chief Financial Officer)
Location: Corporate Headquarters - Ft. Lauderdale
On-site: Yes
FLSA Status: Exempt
Company Overview
Blue Compass RV is a leading, multi-location RV dealership platform generating approximately $3 billion in annual revenue. The Corporate Accounting team sits at the center of a complex, multi-entity organizational structure spanning operating dealership entities, real estate holding companies, and financing/parent entities, and is responsible for the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of the company's consolidated financial reporting, debt compliance, and management reporting.
Position Summary
The Senior Accountant is a key member of the HQ Accounting group, reporting directly to the Chief Accounting Officer and working closely with the Chief Financial Officer on debt, treasury, lender, and parent-company reporting matters. This role leads critical month-end close, consolidation, debt accounting, and external reporting deliverables across a multi-entity corporate structure (including operating company, real estate holding, and parent/financing entities), and serves as a key point of contact for lenders, auditors, and outside advisors on debt- and covenant-related matters. This is a highly visible role suited to a detail-oriented accountant who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with significant complexity across debt instruments, intercompany relationships, and multi-entity consolidations.
Key Responsibilities
Debt Accounting
- Maintain and update the corporate debt amortization schedules and book debt-related entries for corporate entities each month.
- Set up and process monthly and quarterly interest, principal, and fee payments on the debt.
- Monitor and analyze SOFR rate elections ahead of each interest payment and support related interest rate elections.
- Accrue and true-up interest rate swaps monthly, and prepare annual interest rate swap fair value entries.
- Reclass debt issuance and financing costs from due diligence/prepaid accounts to the appropriate debt cost accounts monthly, quarterly, and at the time of refinancing.
- Support treasury management activities, including cash forecasting, wire and transfer set-up, and positive pay administration.
- Calculate and record intercompany interest charges (due to/due from) between entities.
Intercompany Accounting & Complex Consolidations
- Prepare and review intercompany reconciliations between entities.
- Post monthly intercompany entries and eliminating entries across the consolidated entity structure.
- Prepare and review consolidated and standalone GAAP financial statements for multiple legal entities.
- Calculate and maintain entity-level EBITD and results.
Financial Reporting, Lender & Parent Company Reporting
- Prepare and distribute lender-facing reporting packages, including monthly operating reports, EBITDA walks, and supporting schedules for lender calls and presentations.
- Prepare the consolidated monthly reporting package (life-to-date) and parent-company financial reporting deliverables.
- Prepare quarterly covenant compliance certificates, pro forma financial statements, and borrowing base calculations and certificates in accordance with credit agreement requirements.
- Coordinate with lenders, banks, and outside counsel on debt-related reporting requests, amendments, and covenant matters.
- Support external audit requests related to debt, treasury, consolidations, and financial reporting.
Management Operating Reporting
- Prepare and distribute the Management Operating Report (MOR) package and related trending/analytical reporting tools used by executive leadership.
- Prepare holding cost and EBITDA reconciliations for closed or divested locations to support covenant and pro forma reporting.
- Partner with FP&A and operations teams to ensure management reporting ties to GAAP consolidated results.
- Support ad hoc financial analysis and reporting requests from the Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
Month-End Close & General Accounting
- Own assigned month-end close responsibilities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and reporting deliverables per the close calendar.
- Maintain and post accruals, amortization schedules, and reconciliations for assigned balance sheet accounts.
- Utilize NetSuite for journal entries, reconciliations, reporting, and general ledger maintenance across multiple entities.
Required Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
- CPA license or active pursuit of CPA required.
- Prior experience with NetSuite required.
- Demonstrated experience in debt accounting (term loans, revolvers, mortgages, interest rate swaps).
- Experience with intercompany accounting and complex, multi-entity consolidations.
- Strong financial reporting background, including preparation of GAAP financial statements.
- Experience preparing lender reporting packages and/or supporting lender relationships.
- Experience with parent company/consolidated reporting in a multi-entity organization.
- Experience with covenant compliance and borrowing base calculations under a credit agreement.
- Experience preparing management operating reports or similar internal management reporting packages.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced, multi-entity accounting environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact directly with senior leadership, lenders, and external advisors.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience in a private-equity-backed or multi-location/multi-unit business (retail, automotive, dealership, or similar industries).
- Experience working with external auditors, tax advisors, and bank counterparties.
- Experience with lease accounting (ASC 842) and related systems (e.g., CoStar).
Working Relationships
- Reports directly to the Chief Accounting Officer.
- Regular, direct exposure to and collaboration with the Chief Financial Officer on debt, treasury, and lender matters.
- Frequent interaction with FP&A, Corporate Accounting, Shared Services, external auditors, lenders, and outside counsel.
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